Taking After Adam!
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 6
- Summary
- British Pathe synopsis: "Once upon a time only Adam had the nerve to try this game -" M/S of a man dressed in a clown’s outfit log rolling on a river. He is pretty good but eventually falls in. "Girls of today, however, are just the kind to show Adam he isn’t the only upright on the beam - " M/S of a woman standing on a log in a river and skipping with a skipping rope. She wears a swimsuit and big boots! M/S of two girls and a guy log rolling. He falls in first, followed by the two women. "Whirled into sloppiness...!" A fully clothed man and woman have a go, they both fall in.
- Researcher Comments
- British Pathe - This looks like it was shot in America.
- Keywords
- Sport; Forestry
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.213
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP213 Used for synopsis
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How to cite this record
'Taking After Adam!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 522, 4 Jun 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332742 (Accessed 26 Jul 2025)